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Pepin Whores: Padilla Achilles @ CI

Nice smoke, especially for the price. Only thing I didn't like was the delicate wrapper. Thx for the heads up Martin.
 
I looked at the price and figured "what the heck" and got in on the special yesterday AM. Ordered two bundles / 24 smokes.

Turns out I had one of these from a previous purchase, so I blazed it up last night. While it won't replace my Don Pepin Blue's, it was a very spicy, tasty smoke. Construction and burn were perfect; drew like a champ and burned just fine. No wrapper issues on the one I had. Not bad at all....when you consider that from CI on special with shipping they turn out to be about $2.50 a stick.

Not a "premium" to be sure, but for the price I think they are going to be great daily smokers...... :cool: Something to have between my staple Padron 2K's....

Regards - B.B.S.
 
stevehawk said:
vin# said:
The Achilles is not really a Pepin cigar. Ernesto came up with the blend.
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You sure about that? Or are you thinking of the Padilla Hybrid?
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You are correct...

The Achilles is "a beautiful handmade blended by Ernesto and crafted by Jose "Pepin" Garcia".

Still not a bad cigar for the price. As mentioned above, the only major drawback, IMO, is the extremely fragile wrapper. Take care when clipping/punching it,though, and it should be fine.
 
mine are dry as hell, they're shedding their wrappers.

hopefully they're salvagable.

still tastey though.
 
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